Best Prisoners Wisdom

241 Prisoners quotes by 201 unique authors

Change is freedom, change is life. It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don't make changes,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted… — Ellen DeGeneres
They don’t need walls and water to keep the prisoners in, not when they’re trapped inside their own heads, incapable of a single cheerful thought.… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
What a strange world it is, where prisoners are left their weapons and the written word is a mortal danger. — Megan Whalen Turner
In the Sapient tongue he said softly, ‘Tell me, Master, did you know Incarceron was tiny?’ ‘Is it?’ Sapphique replied in the same language, his… — Catherine Fisher
When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children — Pat Conroy
Friday morning, Kylie, Miranda, and Della, each carting suitcases, walked the trail to meet up with their parents. They walked slowly, like condemned prisoners moving… — C.C. Hunter
Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Samuel! Are you alright?" A vision of Samuel being brained by the falling bars rose up before Simon's eyes. Samuel's voice rose to a scream.… — Cassandra Clare
What a tragic realm this is, he reflected. Those down here are prisoners, and the ultimate tragedy is that they don't know it; they think… — Philip K. Dick
Finally, I wish to remember the millions of Allied servicemen and prisoners of war who lived the story of the Second World War. Many of… — Laura Hillenbrand
Once leprosy had gone, and the figure of the leper was no more than a distant memory, these structures still remained. The game of exclusion… — Michel Foucault
For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians… — George S. Patton
If man is not made in the image of God, nothing then stands in the way of inhumanity. There is no good reason why mankind… — Francis Schaeffer
I guess Satan was the first superhero [...] In his first adventure, he took the form of a snake to free two prisoners being held… — Joe Hill
I forgive you, but only because you said 'please.'" Smartass, I thought. Then I groaned at the instant chorus of "Please!" mixed with cries for… — Jeaniene Frost
School presents daily exercises in dis-association. It forces unwelcome associations on most of its prisoners. It sets petty, meaningless competitions in motion on a daily… — John Taylor Gatto
He meant that when people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, master and pupils, jailer and prisoners. They become a single group… — Gilbert Highet
In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. — Ivan Illich
We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility… — Madeleine Albright
Johnny Cash was a rebel, not only just in the musical sense, but he was somebody who was for the people, and an advocate for… — Michael Franti
If trees can create art, if they can encircle the globe seven times in one year, if prisoners can grow plants and raise frogs, then… — Nalini Nadkarni
I have a lot of fans who are in the prison system, where ramen noodles are a kind of staple. Prisoners are always sending me… — Chuck Palahniuk
Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul. — Nelson Mandela
In the battle of Kunu-ri, more than 5,000 American soldiers were killed, wounded or taken as prisoners of war. Ninety percent of my unit was… — Charles B. Rangel

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